Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14

had been issued for Che manufacture of
sugar from sorghum. No other business was
transacted. =. The House was not in session.
A FEW department communications were read
In tho Senate on the 9Th, after which an ad-
tournament was taken to the 18th In the
lat1ng to amendment OF the rules, and then
ths body adjourned to the 18th.
DOMESTIC.
TEE Ohio crop report on the 9Th says the
yield Of all the cereals Is much below the
average, and 1t was estimated that the
wheat harvest would fall short about thir-
teen million bushels
G. j. WEST, retired merchant of Bing-
hamton, N. Y, was burned to death ON the
9Th in his residence near that city.
AT Thomasville> Ga. the collapse of
water tower on the 9th killed four men and
caused serious injury to tour othera
FROM the annual report on the 9th of the
Secretary of War it appears that the expend-
itures Of the department. for the last fiscal
year amour ed to $4l. .388, 1855, while the
estimates for the next fiscal year aggregate
3,3SS,71O, against an appropriation for
the current year Of $31 .O55, ,3O2.
PLEURo-PNEUMoN1A had on the 9Th become
epidemic among the cattle in Berks County,
Pa.
A PORTION of the bank of Rowan creek at
point near Kenton, Ky., was washed away
on the 9th, carrying with it cabin con-
tanning ave persons, who were drowned
Ar Wichita. Kan. J. B. Johnson, a wealthy
citizen. killed his wife On the 9Th with q
bullet and then shot himself The cause of
the double tragedy was insanity.
TIE annual message Of President Cleve-
land, sent to Congress on the 9Th, is de-
voted entirely to the financial condition of
the country and the tariff question He
recommends q reduction or abolition of
customs duties on wool, on such articles as
do not compete with our own manufact-
uree and on raw materials as means Of
stopping the collection of an excessive
revenue.
JAMES WILSON and Judd Wolcott. notori-
Gus counterfeiters, were arrested on the 9th
at Wi kesba1re, Pa -. >
THREE negroes were killed on the 9th by
q boiler explosion at Hagansville, Ga
PIANTERyuIE, new town in Mississippi
was burned on the 9th by an 1ncendiary
fire
An Illicit dishllery ON Sand mountain,
near Gadsden, Ala. was ralded by United
States officers on the 9th, and George Kirk,
q moonshiner, was killed
As precaution against dynamiters the
New York steamship companies passed an
order on the 6th refusing persons without
passes admission to the piers .=zS
BOTH the Sioux City Qal. .breweries closed
their doors on the 18th, and announced that
in view of-the decision Of the Supreme
Court of the United States they would man
ufacture no more beer @s5sz-s2az .-@-1=-.
IT was decided on the 7th to locate the
DooiHo hrCuoh ~ tho II un,,ao Cor
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Santa Monica
Los Angeles County, Cal =. IT,. ... Il. r..
BowERMAN Bros stable at Lexington,
KY, was burned by incendiaries on the 18th,
and five valuable trotting horses were de-
stroyed
IT was reported on tho 7th that number
of faith cures had astonished the people of
Toledo, O., during the Christian conference
of believers In that mode Of treating dis
eases A woman had her hearing restored,
men recovered the use of their limbs and q
dumb lady spoke.
THe annual report on the 7th of the Chief
of the Secret Service division of the Treas
ury shows that there were 355 persons ar
rested by the officers Of the service during
the year for violation Of the laws against
counterfeiting, etc OF this number sew
enty were convicted. C0unterfeiters at
present seemed to be deyoting their atten-
ti0n almost exclusively to silver coin
TIE annual report on the 7th of the Sec
fetary of the Treasury shows that the re-
ceipts of the Government for the last fiscal
year were 1871. .4O3, PIT, and the expendi-
lures $115, 835, 428 There was an increase
in the receipts of $34, ,963, $50 over those
of the preceding year, and the expenditures
were increased by $25. 40. .O4l The reve-
nues for the present year arc estim ted at
1888. .OOO, 900 and the expenditures at
$316. 6.817,765.
Ar the annual meeting Of the wool-grow-
ers and wooldealers In Washington on the
9TH q vigorous protest was made against
that portion of the Presidents message
which recommends a reduction In the Gus
toms duties on wool
A GENERAL Christian conference COM
tnenced at Washington On the 7th under
the auspices OF the Evangelical Alliance OF
the United States.
In New York City on the 18th W. Il H
Chalmers. dealers in linen, failed for $780,
900, and Isaac Hayes, wholesale liquor
dealer failed for 1926, 600 u +
A FIRE on the 7th I'm Montgomery, Ala,
destroyed several of the best buildings in
the city, entailing loss of Ss1LU,OO0 ,.. j
TEE school revenue of Indiana for the last
year amounted to SO. 100000 The num-
ber Of children enrolled was 76O 529-an
increase Of It. .478 over the preceding year.
TWENTY THOUSAND passengers from the
East arrived In California over the various
transcontinentA roads during the month OF
November. 49,. - .l4 ".
TIE Bank of Stewardsville, Mo-, 9 private
institution carried on by Back i Crosby,
failed on the 7eh for $2OO, ,OOOe
i TIN Methodist Episcopal Church confer
encs of South Carolina, In session on the
7th Ct Colulnbia, adopted resolutions CON
dernning In unqualified terms ut ndanoe
upon dramatic performance Of al desorip-
HOnA. S.
Two MEN were killed and Ave others In
tured BY tho burning Of . a0ur-mill on the
9TH at Portsmouth, @. # Il .,;55.
OwGa to the riotous conduct Of the oro-
& handlers at Fairport, 9. The sher a on the
7th called upon the G0veenOr Tor militia to
tsevent destructaon Of peoPexty and loss Of